World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine (WJTCM) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open access journal (ISSN 2311-8571, CN10-1395/R) and sponsored by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS). It is also the official journal of GP-TCM Association.
Aims & Scope: WJTCM will be dedicated to report the research progress in clinical efficacy and action mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese materia medica, acupuncture and moxibustion to doctors and biomedical researchers around the world, so as to provide new thoughts and methods for solving complex diseases and knotty diseases.
The journal columns are arranged as follow:
1）Modern research on Chinese materia medica: including theories of processing Chinese materia medica, theories of medicine property and compatibility, the safety of Chinese materia medica, TCM and compound pharmacology, material basis and mechanism of medicine effects;
2）Research on TCM basic theory: including scientific connotation and biological foundation of TCM basic theory;
3）TCM clinical study: including disease and syndrome, the safety of TCM, curative effect evaluation, evidence-based and system evaluation;
4）Acupuncture & moxibustion: including effect mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion, specificity of acupoint effect, acupoints compatibility, efficacy evaluation of acupuncture and moxibustion.